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IOR/L/PS/12/557
- Record Id:
- 040-000555556
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000554997
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000517.0x000102
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100049233863.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/557
- Title:
- Ext 5000/41(7) 'PERSIAN SITUATION: MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS ON WHEAT SITUATION'
- Scope & Content:
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The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the production and supply of wheat in Persia.
The discussion in the file includes:
- the UK-US coordination efforts and their relationship with supplies from the Soviet Union
- UK-US staffing of personnel in the Persian Government concerned with wheat supply
- deficiencies in wheat supply and its impact on the high cost of living
- inefficiency of the Persian Government in managing a bumper harvest in 1944
- quotas, laws and transport issues relating to wheat production
Included in the file is a copy (folio 122) of the 'Progress Report: Wheat Supervision Scheme, September 1943'.
The principal correspondents in the file include the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; the Under-Secretary of State for India; the Ministry of Food, London; the Middle East Supply Centre, Cairo; and the War Cabinet.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000554996
037-000554997
040-000555556 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/12 : Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections
IOR/L/PS/12/1-1442 : Political (External) Department, Annual Files
IOR/L/PS/12/557 : Ext 5000/41(7) 'PERSIAN SITUATION: MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS ON WHEAT SITUATION' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0001]/037-000554997[0559]/040-000555556
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (447 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000517.0x000102
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1942
- End Date:
- 1943
- Date Range:
- 6 Feb 1942-6 Apr 1943
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 449; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio
- Former External References:
- Ext 500/1941/7
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)